Luminous Bloom 7b
June 2010, Samuel T. Benge


Luminous Bloom is a post-processing tool for adding glare and light-blooming
effects to your rendered images.


Package contents:

 - lb7b.pov
 - lbMakePoints.pov
 - lbViewPoints.pov
 - lbPtsCross.inc
 - lbPtsDisc.inc
 - lbPtsDiscHQ.inc
 - lbPtsLinear.inc
 - lbPtsSquashed.inc
 - lbPtsStar.inc
 - lbPtsStarburst.inc
 - testPattern.hdr
 - readme (this file)


To get started, open and render "lb7b.pov". Help and descriptions are included
as comments in their respective .pov files. If you have any questions, feel
free to e-mail me at stbenge@hotmail.com

Happy Raytracing!


Changes between lb7 and lb7b, June 25, 2010:

 - fixed edge artifacts when using lb_interpolate_image
 - removed all instances of "assumed_gamma", as future versions of POV-Ray will
 not support it
 - added some important notes about .hdr files and high-intensity colors; see
 the Tips section in lb7b.pov

Changes between lb6 and lb7, June 5, 2010:
 
 - entire code base has been changed and now works on a different principle
 - an estimated 50% speed increase has been achieved
 - 7 different effect types are available with the option of creating new effects
 - up to 65536 point samples can be used for custom effects
 - the effect is aspect-aware
 - some keywords and useless features have been removed
 - keywords have been grouped together away from the comments for ease in use
 - added two helper files: lbMakePoints.pov; lbViewPoints.pov